doucher

English

Etymology

douche +‎ -er

Noun

doucher (plural douchers)

1. (slang, derogatory) A douchebag; a contemptible person.

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French

Etymology

douche +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

doucher

1. (transitive) to shower

se doucher

1. (reflexive) to take a shower

Conjugation

Conjugation of doucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	doucher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	douchant /du.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		douché /du.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	douche /duʃ/	douches /duʃ/	douche /duʃ/	douchons /du.ʃɔ̃/	douchez /du.ʃe/	douchent /duʃ/
	imperfect	douchais /du.ʃɛ/	douchais /du.ʃɛ/	douchait /du.ʃɛ/	douchions /du.ʃjɔ̃/	douchiez /du.ʃje/	douchaient /du.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	douchai /du.ʃe/	douchas /du.ʃa/	doucha /du.ʃa/	douchâmes /du.ʃam/	douchâtes /du.ʃat/	douchèrent /du.ʃɛʁ/
	future	doucherai /duʃ.ʁe/	doucheras /duʃ.ʁa/	douchera /duʃ.ʁa/	doucherons /duʃ.ʁɔ̃/	doucherez /duʃ.ʁe/	doucheront /duʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	doucherais /duʃ.ʁɛ/	doucherais /duʃ.ʁɛ/	doucherait /duʃ.ʁɛ/	doucherions /du.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	doucheriez /du.ʃə.ʁje/	doucheraient /duʃ.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	douche /duʃ/	douches /duʃ/	douche /duʃ/	douchions /du.ʃjɔ̃/	douchiez /du.ʃje/	douchent /duʃ/
	imperfect2	douchasse /du.ʃas/	douchasses /du.ʃas/	douchât /du.ʃa/	douchassions /du.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	douchassiez /du.ʃa.sje/	douchassent /du.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	douche /duʃ/	—	douchons /du.ʃɔ̃/	douchez /du.ʃe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• douche

Further reading

• “doucher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.